Use "grandiose" in a sentence

1. Antarctica has always inspired grandiose schemes.

2. It's just another of Wheeler's grandiose schemes.

3. He's always producing grandiose plans that never work.

4. Statements of positive expectations need not be grandiose.

5. Not one of Kim's grandiose plans has even begun.

6. Bombastically may be defined as “ In a grandiose manner ”, “ Grandiosely in a grandiose manner ” and “ Bombastically In a bombastic manner, with bombastic language ”

7. That is to say that this is a grandiose space.

8. Their proposals are simple, grandiose in scope and traverse party lines.

9. 2 Such impressiveness usually takes the form of truly grandiose realism.

10. But the idea of the mixed economy was hardly less grandiose.

11. He dismissed his assistant with a grandiose sweep of his hand.

12. Once again this year, we have launched a grandiose advertising blitz.

13. She attacked her colleagues for indulging in "grandiose and grandiloquent language".

14. Have grandiose aims but puny abilities, great ambition but little talent.

15. Today the Government has grandiose plans for a new futuristic city centre.

16. The abandonment of grandiose planning intentions was the consequence of market conditions.

17. His grandiose manner impressed those who met him for the first time.

18. 3 Such impressiveness usually takes the form of a truly grandiose realism.

19. The grandiose scheme for a journey across the desert came to nothing.

20. 19 synonyms for Baronial: august, grand, grandiose, imposing, lordly, magnific, magnificent, majestic

21. The real taste is disguised by the grandiose wording that accompanies them.

22. In the autumn twilight the great building appeared simultaneously shoddy and grandiose.

23. Affected: See: bogus , formal , grandiose , histrionic , inclined , interested , orgulous , orotund , pretentious , proud , specious , tartuffish

24. Dalí was highly imaginative, and also enjoyed indulging in unusual and grandiose behavior.

25. Its outlook will remain uniquely short-term, pragmatic, suspicious of grandiose institutional change.

26. She had some grandiose ( ie overambitious ) plan to start up her own company.

27. In a grandiose manner Familiarity information: Bombastically used as an adverb is rare.

28. The differences between the two groups can not be couched in such grandiose terms.

29. He could no longer live the grandiose lifestyle to which he had become accustomed.

30. Mir geht es Blendend: Last post 30 Sep 09, 19:59: Mir geht es Blendend Ich würde zwar jetzt einfach sagen: I'm brilliant, aber heißt das dann… 8 Replies: superb sublime terrific splendid grandiose fantastic grandiose grandiloquent wonderful - grandios: Last post 16 Oct 10, 11:45: Eine grandiose Persönlichkeit

31. Cossacks 3 Game features: Grandiose battles of up to 32,000 soldiers on the battlefield

32. Their grandiose products, the League of Nations and the United Nations, have failed in this.

33. Synonyms for Bourgie include bougie, chichi, flamboyant, affected, grandiose, swank, showy, splashy, contrived and pompous

34. Of course grandiose ideas of this sort can never be said to be entirely new.

35. On the one hand they are rebuilding in Berlin the grandiose capital of a restored nation state.

36. To ask for definitive answers to such grandiose questions would, of course, be a tall order.

37. It is a grandiose occasion that reveals the nature of both the institution and its members. Sentencedict.com

38. Such ideals were grandiose both in their conception and in relation to the practicalities of post-war reconstruction.

39. The grandiose scale of events projected by the pre-event publicity was a far cry from reality.

40. To hir, the grandiose promises of Utopia emblazoned across the screen were not only unconvincing but nauseating.

41. • The Bombastic, vainglorious Nivelle had virtually announced to the world his grandiose expectations, making the dreadful defeat

42. 29 In such a context Mr Bush's grandiose schemes are not only unwelcome; they are an irrelevance.

43. Grandiose redevelopment programmes of redundant docks around the country have resulted in the demolition of numerous old warehouses.

44. Despite Mr Haider's grandiose, unbelievable last-minute pledges to clean up his act, there should be no wavering.

45. The more grandiose their mad ark visions got, the more interested in the whole idea they all became.

46. A wise suspicion is that such a fate awaits any treaty containing grandiose reductions or harsh enforcement penalties.

47. The bombastic, vainglorious Nivelle had virtually announced to the world his grandiose expectations, making the dreadful defeat doubly damaging.

48. Most importantly, it should be cheaper than some grandiose schemes being floated to bring back the age of sail.

49. Parts of the grandiose Stalin-era building were sold to casino owners to raise money to stave off closure.

50. And, of course, she has imagined for herself an importance that goes beyond the grandiose to the downright loopy.

51. 11 Grandiose redevelopment programmes of redundant docks around the country have resulted in the demolition of numerous old warehouses.

52. 10 The more grandiose their mad ark visions got, the more interested in the whole idea they all became.

53. At the same time, performances in Britain and the United States moved away from Handel's performance practice with increasingly grandiose renditions.

54. 18 Parts of the grandiose Stalin-era building were sold to casino owners to raise money to stave off closure.

55. 8 Whoever suggested the grandiose title and subtitle of this book was looking down the wrong end of a microscope.

56. Bombastical Bombastically turgidly: in a turgid manner; "he lectured Bombastically about his theories" Bombastically In a bombastic manner Bombastically in an exaggerated manner, in an inflated manner Bombastically in a grandiose manner; "the building was Bombastically spacious Bombastically in a grandiose manner; "the building was

57. Alexander is a classic case of an Abrasive personality − someone whose grandiose and interpersonally insensitive personality alienates those around him

58. Less dainty than Prague and less grandiose than Budapest, Cracow has a beauty of its own, at times serene, at times fantastical

59. The personal preferences of leaders do have a way of shaping events , even things as abstruse and grandiose as foreign policy .

60. Now one of the world’s most beautiful cities, Paris is loved for its grandiose architecture, leafy boulevards, and world-famous museums.

61. Explore all Boltholes Dotted across The Peaks and Dales and the villages beyond, we have everything from quirky cottages to grandiose farmhouses.

62. He built the grandiose Domus Aurea on the site, in front of which he created an artificial lake surrounded by pavilions, gardens and porticoes.

63. Up and down it’s gone, this grandiose, Spanish-style, Betowered dream of tobacco millionaire Lewis Ginter, seesawing down the decades between good times and bad

64. This grandiose title was "unprecedented in the management of Roman client-king relationships" and could be seen as "threatening the 'greatness' of the Roman people".

65. Bombastically: 1 adv in a grandiose manner “the building was Bombastically spacious” Synonyms: grandiosely adv in a turgid manner “he lectured Bombastically about his theories” Synonyms: turgidly

66. Federalists who sought integration by pursuing first a grandiose constitution and then, by hook or by crook, the Lisbon treaty have won a Pyrrhic victory.

67. Trump Confabulates a lot and has grandiose fantasies, which he has come to believe in, thus partially and intermittently losing touch with reality (delusionally "failing the reality test")

68. 16 These men are murmurers,+ complainers about their lot in life, following their own desires,+ and their mouths make grandiose boasts, while they are flattering others* for their own benefit.

69. Baathism is one of the last of the grandiose revolutionary ideologies of the mid-twentieth century—an ideology like communism and fascism in Europe (both of which exercised a …

70. Baroque music, a style of music that prevailed during the period from about 1600 to about 1750, known for its grandiose, dramatic, and energetic spirit but also for its stylistic diversity

71. As the state capital of Idaho, Boise’s downtown district is filled with grandiose government buildings and historic storefronts, offering an eclectic mix of international restaurants, specialty shops, and entertainment venues

72. Aureate (comparative more Aureate, superlative most Aureate) Golden in color or shine. quotations ▼ (rhetoric) Of language: characterized by the use of (excessively) ornamental or grandiose terms, often of Latin or French origin

73. In his painting David's pupil Franque Allegorised the condition of France at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries in retrospect, relativizing Napoleon's heroic deed in a grandiose manner

74. Narcissism is Characterized by a grandiose sense of self-importance, a lack of empathy for others, a need for excessive admiration, and the belief that one is unique and deserving of special

75. Of what was since the 13th century a prosperous trading city, remain a few old time houses, the grandiose ruins of Abbey Saint-Mathieu de Fine Terre, some monuments, a lighthouse and a semaphore [2] .

76. Wooden bucket courtesy of the Loveland Museum/Gallery, Loveland, Colorado.\[/caption\] In 1655, a compendium of household advice was published in London under the grandiose titleNatura Exenterata: or Nature Unbowelled By the most Exquisite Anatomizers …

77. 1 day ago · Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are suffering from a Backlash to what one royal expert is calling the duchess’ “grandiose dismissal” of her royal wedding in her bombshell Oprah interview, Express reports.

78. The website's critical consensus reads, "The Legend of Barney Thomson may not quite live up to its grandiose title, but it offers a fine calling card for debuting director Carlyle, and Emma Thompson's performance adds a spark."

79. Like most enquiries of this nature the origin of the audit is deeply political. Southern African states wanted to counter the grandiose ambitions of Alpha Konare, the former Chairperson of the African Union Commission towards rapid African integration.

80. As for point #2, well, in my more grandiose moments I like to think that we Blowhards did a bit of pioneering work so far as developing an amusing, helpful and web-appropriate way of discussing the arts goes